JP2015140983A - floor heating system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a floor heating system that identifies an individual and that is controlled on the basis of setting corresponding to the identified individual.SOLUTION: A HEMS 30 prestores ID information on a user 20 and temperature setting of a floor heating panel 16 in such a manner that they correspond to each other, and ID readers 18A, 18B and 18C control the floor heating panel 16 on the basis of the temperature setting corresponding to the ID information acquired from an electronic key 22 of the user 20.

Description

  The present invention relates to a floor heating system in a building.

  Several floor heating systems have been proposed to warm the user's feet. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a floor heating panel in which a floor is divided into a plurality of sections, each section is provided with a pressure sensor that detects the presence or absence of a user, and heating by energization can be performed independently in each section. Has been.

JP 58-217130 A

  Although the floor heating system described in Patent Document 1 can heat a section that is determined to be present by the user based on the detection result of the pressure sensor, the temperature setting that is optimal for each user is identified. There was a problem that it was not possible to heat with.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described facts, and an object of the present invention is to provide a floor heating system that identifies an individual and is controlled by settings according to the identified individual.

  The invention of claim 1 for solving the above-mentioned problem is a plate-like or sheet-like shape laid on an indoor floor, for identifying the user from a heating element that generates heat by energization and the user's electronic key. Authentication information acquisition means for acquiring authentication information, storage means for storing the user authentication information and the temperature setting of the heating element in association with each other, and authentication acquired by the authentication information acquisition means with reference to the storage means Control means for acquiring a temperature setting corresponding to the information and controlling the heating element with the acquired temperature setting.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when authentication information for identifying an individual is acquired by the authentication information acquisition means, the heating element is controlled with the temperature setting associated with the acquired authentication information. Can do.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the first aspect, a plurality of the heating elements are laid adjacent to each other on the floor in the room.

  According to invention of Claim 2, the area which lays a heat generating body can be changed by laying two or more sheets.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first or second aspect, the authentication information acquisition means is provided in the heating element.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, by providing the authentication information acquisition means in the heating element, when the user exists on the heating element, the authentication information of the user can be acquired.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to third aspects, the storage means further stores a priority of control of the heating element in association with the authentication information, and the control When the authentication information acquisition unit acquires a plurality of authentication information, the means controls the heating element with the temperature setting of the authentication information having the highest priority among the acquired authentication information.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of users are present on the heating element, the heating element can be controlled with the temperature setting of the user having a high priority.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the fourth aspect, when the user is a person to be protected, the storage means sets the highest priority associated with the authentication information of the person to be protected. .

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the heating element can be controlled by giving priority to the temperature setting of an elderly person or a child who is a subject of protection.

  As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when authentication information for identifying an individual is acquired by the authentication information acquisition means, the heating element is set with the temperature setting associated with the acquired authentication information. By controlling the above, there is an effect that an individual is identified and controlled with settings according to the identified individual.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of heating elements can be controlled with settings according to the identified individual.

  According to invention of Claim 3, when a user exists on a heat generating body, by acquiring the said user's authentication information, an individual is identified and it is controlled by the setting according to the identified individual. There is an effect.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, when a plurality of users exist on the heating element, the individual is identified by controlling the heating element with the temperature setting of the user having a high priority, and the identified individual There is an effect that it is controlled with the setting according to.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that control is performed with a setting corresponding to the protection target person by making the priority associated with the authentication information of the protection target person the highest.

It is the schematic which shows an example of the building which has the floor heating system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of HEMS in the floor heating system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of control of the floor heating system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the setting table classified by user memorize | stored in the memory of HEMS with the floor heating system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example in the case of controlling a floor heating panel using the data acquired via the information server in the floor heating system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows an example of protection subject person priority control in the floor heating system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of control of the floor heating system which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an example of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a building 100 having a floor heating system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In the present embodiment, power from the grid power 12 is supplied to the distribution board 14 of the building 100. The power supplied from the system power 12 to the distribution board 14 is distributed to the floor heating panel 16. The floor heating panel 16 is a heating appliance which is formed in a panel shape or a sheet shape by covering a heating wire with an insulating material and a heat insulating material and is laid on the floor. The floor heating panel 16 generates heat when the internal heating wire is energized, but a HEMS (Home Energy Management System) 30 described later adjusts the surface temperature touched by the user to a temperature set corresponding to the user. Be controlled.

  Moreover, the floor heating panel 16 is formed in a square of a predetermined size, and a plurality of floor heating panels 16 can be laid on the floor of the building 100 adjacent to each other. The predetermined size is, for example, approximately 1 meter square to approximately 3 meters square. The floor heating panel 16 shown in FIG. 1 includes a first floor heating panel 16A, a second floor heating panel 16B, and a third floor heating panel 16C. The first floor heating panel 16A, the second floor heating panel 16B, and the third floor heating panel 16C each include ID readers 18A, 18B, and 18C that acquire ID information that is authentication information of the user 20 from the electronic key 22. Yes.

  Each floor heating panel is individually connected to the HEMS 30 and the distribution board 14. Or the connector which concerns on communication with the connector of electric power supply and HEMS30 can also be provided in the part which floor heating panels join. In such a case, if one floor heating panel is connected to the HEMS 30 and the distribution board 14, the other floor heating panels laid adjacent to each other are connected to the power supply and the HEMS 30 via the connector. Can communicate.

  The electronic key 22 is a portable information terminal such as an IC tag or a smartphone that records the ID information of the user 20. In the present embodiment, an electromagnetic wave including ID information of the user 20 is transmitted from the electronic key 22, and the electromagnetic wave is received by at least one of the ID readers 18A, 18B, and 18C. The range in which the ID readers 18A, 18B, and 18C can detect electromagnetic waves transmitted from the electronic key 22 is limited to a certain range as shown as the detection range 24 in FIG. When the ID readers 18A, 18B, and 18C receive the electromagnetic waves from the electronic key 22, the ID information of the user 20 is acquired.

  For example, by making the detection range 24 equal to or slightly larger than the area of one floor heating panel with respect to the floor surface, only the ID reading device of the floor heating panel where the user 20 exists can be used. ID information can be acquired. As a result, it is possible to operate only the floor heating panel where the user 20 exists, and the power consumption related to floor heating can be reduced.

  Further, the HEMS 30 is configured such that when the ID reader receives an electromagnetic wave transmitted from the electronic key 22 for a predetermined time or more, that is, when the user 20 is present on the floor heating panel 16 for a predetermined time or more. Activate the heating panel. The predetermined time is about 10 seconds as an example.

  Note that the ID information of the user 20 is, for example, information unique to the user 20 configured by a plurality of characters, a plurality of symbols, or a combination thereof.

  The HEMS 30 controls the temperature of the floor heating panel 16 with the temperature setting associated with the ID information acquired by the ID readers 18A, 18B, and 18C. The HEMS 30 receives the ID information of the user 20 when the ID reader 18A acquires the first floor heating panel 16A, and when the ID reader 18B acquires the second floor heating panel 16B, the ID reader 18C. Is acquired, the third floor heating panel 16C is controlled so as to have a set temperature corresponding to the user 20. For controlling the temperature of the floor heating panel, the HEMS 30 outputs a command related to the set temperature to a control circuit (not shown) provided in each floor heating panel, and the control circuit of each floor heating panel responds to the command from the HEMS 30. Based on this, the electric power supplied to the heating wire of the heating panel is controlled.

  The HEMS 30 is connected to the network 60 via a termination device 52 that is a gateway, and acquires information or data related to the control of the floor heating panel 16 from the information server 80 on the network 60. Similarly to the building 100, the network 60 has a floor heating panel, and a HEMS provided in each of the other buildings 70 that control the floor heating panel using the HEMS is connected.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the HEMS 30 according to the floor heating system 10 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the HEMS 30 includes a CPU 36, a ROM 38, a RAM 40, and an input / output port 42. These include a bus 44 such as an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus. Are connected to each other.

  A display unit 46, an operation unit 48, and a memory 50 are connected to the input / output port 42 as various input / output devices. The display unit 46 and the operation unit 48 are integrally formed, and the operation unit 48 can apply a touch panel provided on the display unit 46. For example, the operation unit 48 and the display unit 46 are used as an indoor operation panel. May be integrated.

  Information such as the operating status of the floor heating panel 16 can be displayed on the display unit 46. The memory 50 stores a program for controlling the floor heating panel 16 and various information for executing these programs. The HEMS 30 controls the floor heating panel 16 by developing a program stored in the memory 50 in the RAM 40 or the like and executing it by the CPU 36.

  The input / output port 42 of the HEMS 30 is connected to the distribution board 14, the floor heating panel 16, the ID readers 18 </ b> A, 18 </ b> B, 18 </ b> C, the termination device 52, and the like.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of control of the floor heating system 10 according to the present embodiment. ID information acquired from the electronic key 22 of the user 20 by the ID readers 18A, 18B, and 18C of the floor heating panel 16 is transmitted to the HEMS 30. In the HEMS 30, the user 20 is identified by the acquired ID information, and the floor heating panel 16 is controlled so as to adjust the temperature corresponding to the identified user 20.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the setting table for each user stored in the memory 50 of the HEMS 30 in the floor heating system 10 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the user-specific setting table records data such as ID information, set temperature of the floor heating panel 16, sex, height, weight, and control priority for each user. In the present embodiment, the HEMS 30 specifies the user 20 corresponding to the ID information acquired with reference to the user-specific setting table, acquires the set temperature corresponding to the specified user 20, and becomes the temperature setting. The floor heating panel 16 is controlled.

  The user-specific setting table shown in FIG. 4 may be uploaded from the HEMS 30 to the information server 80. By uploading the setting table for each user to the information server 80, the floor heating panel can be controlled in the other building 70 with the temperature setting described in the setting table for each user of the building 100.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of controlling the floor heating panel 16 using the data acquired via the information server 80 in the floor heating system 10 according to the present embodiment. The HEMS 30 acquires weather information such as air temperature from the information server 80, and when the air temperature is low, control such as setting the set temperature of the floor heating panel 16 higher than the setting table for each user shown in FIG. I do.

  In addition, when the user-specific setting table for the other building 70 is uploaded to the information server 80, the user-specific setting table for the other building 70 is acquired from the information server 80 via the network 60, and the acquired user-specific setting table is acquired. You may control the floor heating panel 16 by the temperature setting of a setting table. For example, when there is a visitor, the floor heating panel 16 can be controlled with the temperature setting corresponding to the visitor by obtaining the setting table for each user related to the visitor from the information server 80.

  In the present embodiment, the HEMS 30 inquires the information server 80 when the ID reader acquires ID information that is not described in the setting table for each user in FIG. The information server 80 searches for the ID information related to the inquiry, and transmits the temperature setting information corresponding to the ID information to the HEMS 30. The HEMS 30 controls the floor heating panel based on the received temperature setting information.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of protection target person priority control in the floor heating system 10 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the upper part of FIG. 6, when the ID readers 18A and 18B exist in the electromagnetic wave detection range 24A transmitted from the electronic key 22A of the user 20A, the first floor heating panel 16A and the second floor heating panel 16B. Is controlled by the temperature setting corresponding to the user 20A. Further, when the ID readers 18C and 18D exist in the electromagnetic wave detection range 24B transmitted from the electronic key 22B of the user 20B, the temperature setting corresponding to the user 20B is performed by the third floor heating panel 16C and the fourth floor heating panel 16D. It is controlled by.

  However, when the detection range 24A of the user 20A and the detection range 24B of the user 20B overlap as shown in the lower part of FIG. 6, the temperature setting of the user 20B who is a protection target such as an elderly person or a child has priority. The two-floor heating panel 16B is controlled with a temperature setting corresponding to the user 22B. In this embodiment, since the priority order of control is described in the user-specific setting table shown in FIG. 4, control according to the priority order is performed. Moreover, in this Embodiment, the description which shows the protection subject who reprioritizes temperature setting in the setting table classified by user is separately possible, and HEMS30 may perform protection target priority control based on the description. Good. Moreover, when there is a visitor as mentioned above, you may control a floor heating panel by the temperature setting corresponding to a visitor rather than the protection subject.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of control of the floor heating system 10 according to the present embodiment. In step 700, it is determined whether or not the ID information transmitted from the electronic key 22 is within the detection range 24. If the determination is negative, the process ends without operating the floor heating panel 16 in step 702. . If the determination in step 700 is affirmative, it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of ID information acquired in step 704. If the determination is negative, whether or not an electromagnetic wave including ID information has been received for 10 seconds or more in step 706. That is, it is determined whether or not the user 20 has stayed on the same floor heating panel for 10 seconds or more.

  If the determination in step 706 is affirmative, the temperature of the floor heating panel 16 is controlled according to the ID information acquired in step 708. If the determination in step 706 is negative, the process ends without operating the floor heating panel 16 in step 702.

  If the determination in step 704 is affirmative, the priority order of the user 20 is confirmed in step 710. In this case, the priority order described in the user-specific setting table is followed, but if the acquired ID information includes the customer's thing, the user-specific setting table in which the setting of the customer is described from the information server To get. In step 708, the temperature of the floor heating panel is controlled at a temperature corresponding to the priority user, and the process ends.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a floor heating system that identifies an individual based on ID information acquired from the electronic key 22 and operates with settings according to the identified individual.

10 Floor heating system 16A 1st floor heating panel 16B 2nd floor heating panel 16C 3rd floor heating panel 16D 4th floor heating panel 18A, 18B, 18C, 18D ID reader 20 User 20A, 20B User 22 Electronic key 22A, 22B Electronic key 24 detection range 24A, 24B detection range 30 HEMS
36 CPU
38 ROM
40 RAM
42 I / O port 44 Bus 46 Display unit 48 Operation unit 50 Memory 52 Termination device 60 Network 70 Other building 80 Information server 100 Building

Claims (5)

A plate or sheet laid on the floor of the room, which generates heat when energized;
Authentication information acquisition means for acquiring authentication information for identifying the user from the electronic key of the user;
Storage means for storing the user authentication information and the temperature setting of the heating element in association with each other;
Control means for acquiring a temperature setting corresponding to the authentication information acquired by the authentication information acquisition means with reference to the storage means, and controlling the heating element with the acquired temperature setting;
With floor heating system.   The floor heating system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the heating elements are laid adjacent to each other on the floor in the room.   The floor heating system according to claim 1, wherein the authentication information acquisition unit is provided in the heating element.   The storage means further stores the priority of control of the heating element in association with the authentication information, and the control means acquires the authentication information when the authentication information acquisition means acquires a plurality of authentication information. The floor heating system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the heating element is controlled by temperature setting of authentication information having the highest priority among the authentication information.   The floor heating system according to claim 4, wherein, when the user is a protection target person, the storage unit sets the highest priority associated with the authentication information of the protection target person.